Pricing
Never miss a bid in your trade again
Most businesses start with Starter: every new bid in your trade and states, in your inbox at 6 AM. Your first 30 days are $5, one time, with no automatic renewal.
Starter
Every new bid in your trade and states, emailed at 6 AM.
The new bids in your trade and states, in your inbox each morning, 7 days before free accounts see them.
$5 for your first 30 days. No automatic renewal: we'll ask before charging $19/month.
Paid alert services run $49-149 a month for watching portals. Enterprise intelligence starts around $6,000 a year. Starter is $19.
- Everything in Basic
- Open the official notice and bid documents for every bid
- New bids the day they post, 7 days before free accounts
- A 6 AM email of new bids in your trade and states
- Bid matches for every state and trade you work in
- Unlimited Saved Bids
- Who to contact on federal bids: the contracting officer's name, email and phone
- "What did the winner bid last time?"
- Your saved bids' deadlines in Google Calendar or Outlook
- CRM: save contacts (up to 100) with notes, next actions and manual follow-up dates, and link them to your saved bids
- Cancel anytime
What could a few more bids be worth?
Put in your own numbers.
24 more bids a year at your win rate is about 6 jobs, or
$240,000
a year in extra work
Starter costs $228 a year. That's 1,052× its cost.
An estimate from the numbers you enter, not a promise. Contrax finds the bids; winning them is up to you.
Plans are billed monthly or yearly. Cancel anytime.
Not ready to pay? Keep searching on free Basic: one state and one trade, 2 Radar searches, 1 saved bid, and new bids open to you after a 7-day head start for paying members.
Other plans
Professional ($79/month: Starter plus who won last time and for how much, AI briefs and bid scoring) · Agency ($199/month, for teams and consultants) · Bid Scout ($99/month, five handpicked bids every Friday, done for you) · Bid Fit Review ($49 once) · Contrax Grants (free for verified nonprofits) · Contrax Payments ($9/month)
Veterans Against Diabetes partner? View exclusive VAD pricing
Contrax Grants
Find grants your organization actually qualifies for.
Contrax Grants searches federal grant opportunities on Grants.gov by keyword, applicant type, funding category, agency, and status — source-verbatim details, nothing invented. Basic grant search is free for verified nonprofits, and it stays free.
Nonprofit Free
Verified 501(c)(3) organizations
$0 forever
Included: Basic grant search, standard filters, grant previews and official application links. No credit card, trial, or expiration.
Search grants →Grants Plus
Businesses and nonprofits wanting ongoing tools
$19 /month
Included: Unlimited searches and full grant details, advanced filters, saved opportunities, deadline tracking, weekly matching alerts, and enhanced summaries.
Get Grants Plus →Personalized Grant Opportunity Report
Organizations wanting hands-on research
$49 one-time
Included: Founder-researched report identifying the strongest opportunities, eligibility observations, deadlines, official links, reasons each grant may fit, and recommended next steps. Delivered within three business days.
Optional — free grant search remains available to verified nonprofits. Matches and funding are not guaranteed, and this report does not include writing or submitting the grant application.
Get the $49 Report →Prices in US dollars. Verified nonprofits keep free grant search with no credit card, no trial, and no expiration.
Frequently asked questions
Can I switch plans later?
Yes — upgrade or downgrade anytime. Changes take effect at the start of your next billing cycle.
How much does Basic cost?
Basic is $0/mo and is where every new account starts until a plan is chosen. It includes 2 Radar searches per account, basic solicitations search, standard set-aside filters, and 1 saved bid, with no bid emails. Basic shows what each bid is, but the official notice link and bid documents are for members. New bids open for free accounts after a 7-day head start for paying members. Basic matches bids for one state and one trade. Upgrade to Starter ($19/mo) to open the official notice for every bid, see new bids the day they post, match every state and trade you work in, get a 6 AM Eastern email of the new bids in your trade and states every morning, save unlimited bids, see who to contact on federal bids (name, email and phone), and get your saved bids' deadlines in your calendar. AI briefs and bid scoring are part of Radar Pro (Professional), and proposal drafting plus pipeline CSV export are part of Bid Scout.
Is there a free trial?
Instead of a free trial, Starter costs $5 for your first 30 days, one time, with no automatic renewal. That is 30 days of the daily bid email and every state and trade, and we ask before charging $19/month. Free Basic stays free if you only want to search.
Is there a yearly plan?
Yes. Pay yearly and get 2 months free: Starter is $190 a year instead of $228, Professional $790 instead of $948, and Agency $1,990 instead of $2,388. Choose Yearly on the upgrade page at checkout.
Can I cancel anytime?
Yes. Cancel anytime and your access continues until the end of the billing period. No refunds for partial months.
What payment methods do you accept?
We accept all major credit and debit cards through Stripe.
Do nonprofits receive free access?
Yes. Verified 501(c)(3) nonprofits receive free basic government grant search with no credit card, trial expiration, or monthly subscription. Apply at /nonprofit/apply. Paid government-contracting plans remain separate.
Is my data secure?
Yes. Data is encrypted in transit and at rest. We use Vercel, Neon PostgreSQL, and Stripe — all SOC 2 compliant. Read more on our security page.